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SHREVEPORT, La. -- Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. But they can easily be corrected through surgery. âCataract is a clouding of your natural lens that you're born with when you're young. It's like a crystal clear bag full of Jello,â said Dr. Wyche Coleman of the WK Eye Institute. Dr. Wyche Coleman âSo when you're first born, the lens inside your eye is crystal clear like a glass of water. As you get older, it's like taking Coca Cola and slowly pouring it into that glass of water. It turns kind of yellowish brown,â explained Dr. Chris Shelby of the WK Eye Institute.
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Do you see the world in different colors? What about no colors at all? The number of people with color blindness, or what is actually color deficiency, are low. But what does it mean to be color blind? There are two types. The first is genetic; a person is born with it. The second happens with age. âAnd that has to do with the cones in the retina, and your cones are responsible for daytime vision,â said Dr. Chris Shelby from the WK Eye Institute. âThere's actually three of them, there's a red, green, and blue cone.â
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Glaucoma is high eye pressure that damages the optic nerve. It is a leading cause of blindness and is caused from a build up of fluid in
SHREVEPORT, La -- January is the month set aside to bring attention to the sight-stealing disease of glaucoma. And with that, KTBS takes another look at glaucoma treatment options and
SHREVEPORT, La -- Glaucoma is a degenerative eye disease that can completely rob you of your vision. It affects around 3 million Americans and is a leading cause of blindness. âGlaucoma is high pressure in the eye that damages the optic nerve,â said Dr. Chris Shelby from the WK Eye Institute. There are different types of glaucoma. One type is acute angle-closure glaucoma. âThat can cause blurred vision, headaches, nausea, vomiting. When the pressure goes up really, really high really quickly, that can cause those symptoms,â said Shelby. The most common type is open angle glaucoma. âThe reason we call it the primary open angle is because anatomically, everything looks normal,â said Shelby. âAnd so, either too much fluid is being produced or not enough fluid is being drained out.â